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INCENTIVE TO FORGIVE

General Oglethorpe once said to John Wesley, "I never forgive and I never forget." To which Wesley replied, "Then, Sir, I hope you never sin."

Maybe the Reverend Wesley based his reply on our text or maybe on Matthew 7: 1 & 2 where it says we will be judged the way we judge. Or maybe Matthew 18:18 where it says "Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and what so ever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." In other...

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